Philadelphia March 5 1776.
[Extract]
The twenty thousand dollars for which the Marine Committee gave me an order, as mentioned in my last, I have rec'd and have agreed with Mr [John Avery] (who is to take some money down for Mr [Thomas] Cushing) to take fifteen thousand dollars for you. I have taken up your order to Mr [Tristram] Dalton for 1333⅓ dollars, the remaining 3666⅔ dollars, I shall leave with Col Whipple to answer Such orders as you may draw on him, or the Marine Committee.
1. William Whipple Papers, Force Transcripts, LC.
